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Article: Suspected militants set Tuesday deadline to ransom kidnapped Philippine journalists
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- June 16, 2008
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Suspected al-Qaida-linked militants have set a Tuesday deadline for the payment of a ransom for the release of a popular TV news anchor and her cameraman, who were kidnapped in the southern Philippines, a negotiator said.
Alvarez Isnaji, the mayor of Sulu province's Indanan township, said suspected Abu Sayyaf militants phoned him Monday morning and said talks to secure the release of ABS-CBN anchor Ces Drilon would be called off if the ransom is not paid before Tuesday afternoon. Isnaji is one of the negotiators in the talks.
"They gave me a warning: if the money does not arrive by noon (0400 GMT) Tuesday ... there will be no more negotiation," he told reporters in a ...